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Issue: Action Comics #230
Publication Date: July 1957
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Issues: #230 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/28/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Superman Loses His Powers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
First Line: Look! Superman's fallen off that skyscraper and he has to use a parachute to save himself!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Superman Loses His Powers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Bart Wellins
First Line: What has come over the mighty Man of Steel...
Synopsis: Exposure to ancient Atlantean experiments gives Bart Wellins super-powers and Superman can't stop him because exposure to the same experiments have increased his powers so much he daren't use them at all.
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Pages: 12
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

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Pages: 1
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Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Feature(s): Binky
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Pages: 1
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The Jungle Journal

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Genres: adventure, drama, jungle
Character(s): Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Jim Wilson; Chota the Chimp
First Line: Get busy, all of you!
Synopsis: Bill and Janu help Jim Wilson produce and distribute an edition of his newspaper "The Jungle Journal" by using the services of Janu's jungle animal friends.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Shh - I'll have to ask Mom first!
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #180 published September 1952
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Are you finished, sir?
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Pages: 1
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Adventures in Coin Collecting

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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The Lost and Found of Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Character(s): Colonel Tommy Tomorrow; Captain Brent Wood
First Line: Hel me, Brent!
Synopsis: Tommy and Brent are on temporary assignment, manning the desk of the Space Lost & Found Department.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #31 published November 1957
as The Lost and Found of Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: What flavors of ice cream have you, Jerry?
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From Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Bob Hope #6 published December 1950
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.67
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Superman's Secret Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Supermen of America
Synopsis: A secret message to be decoded using Code Neptune No. 7.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Message is : YLHK AOL SPCLZ VM NYLHA TLU HUK AYF AV AZAYPCL MVY AOL OPNO PKLHSZ DOPHO NVCLYULK AOLPY JHYLLYZ.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Look what I bought, Lime, a boomerang!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for the "Unlucky Fishermen"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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